Undergrad Textbooks: Physics, Chemistry & Biology

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For undergraduate-level textbooks in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, several recommendations are highlighted. In Physics, "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday, Resnick, & Walker is noted for its clarity and suitability for self-study, alongside "Classical Mechanics" by Taylor and "Quantum Mechanics: Concepts & Applications" by Zettili. For Chemistry, "Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter & Change" by Silbergberg and "Organic Chemistry" by Wade are suggested as general texts. In Biology, "Biology" by Campbell and Reece and "Genetic Analysis" by Griffiths et al. are recommended, with an emphasis on understanding organic chemistry for cell biology. A solid math background is also advised for success in these subjects.
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I'm looking forward to buying some general undergraduate-level textbooks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are your suggestions?
 
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There are thousands of undergraduate textbooks in all of those subjects. You'll need to specify your question/whatever further.
 
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I'm looking forward to buying some general undergraduate-level textbooks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. What are your suggestions?

I don't know much about chem or bio, but for introductory physics textbooks I would go with Griffiths for Quantum and EM.
 
Chemistry
Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter & Change by Silbergberg <---- General
Organic Chemistry by Wade

that's it for chemistry that I can recommend. Other usual topics are inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry but I'm not sure on which textbooks I'd recommend

Biology:
Biology by Campbell and Reece <---- General
Genetic Analysis by Griffiths, Wessler, Lewontin, & Carroll
Evolutionary Analysis by Freeman & Herron

If you want to learn undergrad level cell biology, then make sure you know some organic chemistry before moving on! (also know some genetics)

Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level by Voet, Voet, & Pratt
Essential Cell Biology by Alberts, Bray, Hopkins, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, & Walter

Physics:
make sure you have a decent math background!
Calculus, Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, Complex Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations, and Partial Differential Equations should be enough.

Fundamentals of Physics (Extended Edition) by Halliday, Resnick, & Walker <---- General
(note: this is a calculus-based introductory physics text which is really really good for self study IMO. Some people knock it for being too "elementary" or "watered" down, but I say for the autodidact it's best to take it one step at a time.)
Classical Mechanics by Taylor
Statistical Physics by Mandl (note: universities usually use Kittel or Schroeder, but I prefer this)
Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
Quantum Mechanics: Concepts & Applications by Zettili (note: QM by Griffiths is a standard among universities, but again, I'd have go with Zettili for self study)
Special Relativity by French
A First Course in General Relativity by Schutz (general relativity sometimes isn't covered in the undergraduate curriculum)


In case you'd like some math textbook recommendation as well (that aren't really rigorous) for undergrad physics

Math:
Calculus by Larson & Edwards
Elementary Linear Algebra by Larson, Edwards, & Falvo
Differential Equations w/ Boundary Value Problems by Polking, Boggess, & Arnold
Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems by Asmar
Introduction to Vector Analysis by Davis & Snider
Fundamentals of Complex Analysis with Applications to Engineering, Science, and Mathematics by Saff & Snider


all of these books are easy to read and great for self study IMO
 
This thread only works as a summary from the original source: List of STEM Masterworks in Physics, Mechanics, Electrodynamics... The original thread got very long and somewhat hard to read so I have compiled the recommendations from that thread in an online (Google Drive) spreadsheet. SUMMARY Permits are granted so you can make comments on the spreadsheet but I'll initially be the only one capable of edition. This is to avoid the possibility of someone deleting everything either by mistake...
By looking around, it seems like Dr. Hassani's books are great for studying "mathematical methods for the physicist/engineer." One is for the beginner physicist [Mathematical Methods: For Students of Physics and Related Fields] and the other is [Mathematical Physics: A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations] for the advanced undergraduate / grad student. I'm a sophomore undergrad and I have taken up the standard calculus sequence (~3sems) and ODEs. I want to self study ahead in mathematics...

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